In a major development for Tamil Nadu’s electronics ecosystem, US-based Gorilla Glass maker Corning, through its India

joint venture Bharat Innovative Glass Technologies (BIG Tech), announced the inauguration of its mobile cover glass

manufacturing unit in Chennai on Friday.

What is Corning and Optiemus’ new Chennai facility, and what will it make?

Corning Incorporated, one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramics and materials science, has the joint

venture with Optiemus Infracom, a telecommunications and manufacturing enterprise. This Rs 1,000 crore state-of-the-art

facility will deliver high-quality cover-glass components for the mobile consumer electronics industry.